{"id":91125,"date":"2026-06-19T17:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/man-ray-les-mains-libres\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T17:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:39:46","slug":"man-ray-les-mains-libres","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/man-ray-les-mains-libres\/","title":{"rendered":"MAN RAY Les Mains Libres."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><i>Monod, 4217.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-variant:small-caps\">First edition, an exceptional copy, inscribed by Man Ray and countersigned by Paul \u00c9luard to \u201cGala et Salvador, de tout notre c\u0153ur.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The inscription highlights the close bond between this quartet; \u00c9luard and Man Ray dedicate their most iconic collaboration to Gala and Dal\u00ed. The work follows the <i>London International Surrealist Exhibition<\/i> of 1936, where Paul \u00c9luard, Man Ray, and Salvador Dal\u00ed were among the leading representatives of the Surrealist movement on the international scene. \u00c9luard and Ray were among the French representatives, while Dal\u00ed was the sole Spanish participant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The exhibition marks the peak of Surrealism\u2019s visibility before the deep political rifts caused by the Spanish Civil War and the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. Dal\u00ed caused a sensation there with his famous lecture in a diving suit, while \u00c9luard and Man Ray actively participated in the organization and representation of the French group. This event reflects a shared space where the three artists interacted and collaborated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Gala also held a unique place within this circle; she was not merely \u00c9luard\u2019s ex-wife and Dal\u00ed\u2019s new partner, but she served as the link between all these figures. In 1936, she was photographed by Man Ray alongside Dal\u00ed, as the couple stood next to one of the American artist\u2019s sculptures. She was, of course, both muse and model, but her role within the group was also active. She became a defining figure of Surrealism, a center of gravity around which the movement\u2019s most important relationships coalesced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Copy of the current print run on laid paper, no. 98.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><i>Les Mains libres<\/i> represents a Surrealist paradigm in which the image comes before the words. Indeed, it is \u00c9luard\u2019s texts that illustrate Man Ray\u2019s compositions. It is also the culmination of a long process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">It appears that the project was first discussed prior to the <i>International Surrealist Exhibition<\/i> in June 1936. Upon their return from England, Ray and \u00c9luard met up in Mougins with other artists and began work on the volume. In April 1937, the first 12 poems were published in the <i>Nouvelle Revue fran\u00e7aise<\/i>. It was not until 10 November of that same year that the completed work was published by Jeanne Bucher; it then comprised 54 text-image combinations, supplemented by 1 frontispiece, 2 illustrations of Sade accompanied by an explanatory text, 6 portraits executed by Man Ray, and 4 details taken from the works in the volume.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Stains affecting the bottom of the pages in Part One; ink bleed from the engraving onto the poem \u2018Les Amis\u2019 (p.170); covers showing signs of creasing and a few stains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Provenance: R\u00e9gine and Bernard Loli\u00e9e (bookplate) \u2013 lot 283 from their \u201cDada-Surr\u00e9alisme La Chasse\u201d sale on 26 April 2016 (Sotheby&#8217;s).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">4to (278 x 220 mm), 178 pp., un.ll. (Portraits, Details, Tables, colophon) Jansenist blue morocco, gilt edges, double gilt fillets framing the inside of the boards, original printed wrappers preserved, in slipcase (<i>Semet &amp; Plumelle<\/i>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":91108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1241,1246,1264],"class_list":{"0":"post-91125","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-20th-century-illustrations","8":"product_tag-20th-century-literature","9":"product_tag-inscription","10":"pa_auteur-man-ray-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"MAN RAY","chapeau":"Man Ray, Paul Eluard, Gala and Salvador Dali","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Jeanne Bucher, 1937","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":"oui"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MAN RAY  Les Mains Libres. - Libairie Clavreuil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/man-ray-les-mains-libres\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MAN RAY  Les Mains Libres. - Libairie Clavreuil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"4to (278 x 220 mm), 178 pp., un.ll. 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